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This checklist includes all bird species found in Upper Kumaon , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).

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Country or region: Upper Kumaon [map]

Number of species: 384
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Common Hill PartridgeArborophila torqueola
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Himalayan MonalLophophorus impejanus
Western TragopanTragopan melanocephalusVulnerable
Satyr TragopanTragopan satyra
Cheer PheasantCatreus wallichiiVulnerable
Kalij PheasantLophura leucomelanos
Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolopha

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritusVulnerable

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock DoveColumba livia
Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Spotted-necked DoveStreptopelia chinensis
Laughing DoveStreptopelia senegalensis
Yellow-legged Green PigeonTreron phoenicopterus
Wedge-tailed Green PigeonTreron sphenurus
Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Grey NightjarCaprimulgus indicus
Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

White-rumped Spinetailed SwiftZoonavena sylvatica
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
Asian Palm SwiftCypsiurus balasiensis
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
Little SwiftApus affinis

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandusRare/Accidental
Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
Large Hawk CuckooHierococcyx sparverioides
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Himalayan CuckooCuculus saturatus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Ruddy-breasted CrakeZapornia fusca
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Black StorkCiconia nigra

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis

 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Great Thick-kneeEsacus recurvirostrisNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidus
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Common RedshankTringa totanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Little PratincoleGlareola lactea

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusNear-threatened
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusEndangered
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Red-headed VultureSarcogyps calvusCritically endangered
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensisNear-threatened
White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensisCritically endangered
Indian VultureGyps indicusCritically endangered
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusNear-threatened
Mountain Hawk EagleNisaetus nipalensisNear-threatened
Changeable Hawk EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensis
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisEndangered
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVulnerable
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Crested GoshawkAccipiter trivirgatus
ShikraAccipiter badius
BesraAccipiter virgatus
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Lesser Fish EagleIcthyophaga humilisNear-threatened
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatum
Spotted OwletAthene brama
Mountain Scops OwlOtus spilocephalus
Collared Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
Brown Wood OwlStrix leptogrammica
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Spot-bellied Eagle OwlBubo nipalensis
Tawny Fish OwlKetupa flavipes

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Great HornbillBuceros bicornisVulnerable
Indian Grey HornbillOcyceros birostris

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Common HoopoeUpupa epops

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatus
Himalayan Flame-backed WoodpeckerDinopium shorii
Black-rumped WoodpeckerDinopium benghalense
Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
Greater Yellow-naped WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
Lesser Yellow-naped WoodpeckerPicus chlorolophus
Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus
Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
Scaly-bellied WoodpeckerPicus squamatus
Greater Flame-backed WoodpeckerChrysocolaptes lucidus
Brown-capped WoodpeckerDendrocopos moluccensis
Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerDendrocopos canicapillus
Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos macei
Yellow-crowned WoodpeckerDendrocopos mahrattensis
Himalayan WoodpeckerDendrocopos himalayensis
Rufous-bellied WoodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrus

 
PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae

Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
Brown-headed BarbetPsilopogon zeylanicus
Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticus
Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Collared FalconetMicrohierax caerulescens
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Laggar FalconFalco juggerNear-threatened
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Slaty-headed ParakeetPsittacula himalayana
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataNear-threatened
Plum-headed ParakeetPsittacula cyanocephala
Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandriNear-threatened
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatriaNear-threatened
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Short-billed MinivetPericrocotus brevirostris
Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus flammeus
Black-winged CuckooshrikeLalage melaschistos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Himalayan Shrike-babblerPteruthius ripleyi
Green Shrike-babblerPteruthius xanthochlorus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Maroon OrioleOriolus traillii
Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoo

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
White-bellied DrongoDicrurus caerulescens
Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
Lesser Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus remifer
Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae

White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
Yellow-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa flavirostris
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythroryncha
Common Green MagpieCissa chinensis
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Black-headed JayGarrulus lanceolatus
Eurasian NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
House CrowCorvus splendens
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Indian Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae

Yellow-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum melanozanthum
Thick-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum agile
Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicauda
Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata
Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis
Mrs. Gould's SunbirdAethopyga gouldiae
Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja

 
PASSERIFORMES: Irenidae

Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
Orange-bellied LeafbirdChloropsis hardwickii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

Altai AccentorPrunella himalayana
Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiata
Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis
Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
Finn's WeaverPloceus megarhynchusEndangered

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticus
Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Chestnut-shouldered Bush SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
Upland PipitAnthus sylvanus
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Black-and-yellow GrosbeakMycerobas icterioides
Collared GrosbeakMycerobas affinis
Spot-winged GrosbeakMycerobas melanozanthos
Common RosefinchErythrina erythrina
Scarlet FinchHaematospiza sipahi
Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroa
Spot-winged RosefinchCarpodacus rodopeplus
Vinaceous RosefinchCarpodacus vinaceus
Brown BullfinchPyrrhula nipalensis
Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephala
Spectacled FinchCallacanthis burtoni
Dark-breasted RosefinchProcarduelis nipalensis
Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Crested BuntingMelophus lathami
Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae

Fairy-fantailChelidorhynx hypoxanthus
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Fire-capped TitCephalopyrus flammiceps
Yellow-browed TitSylviparus modestus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalis
Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventris
Fulvous TitLophophanes dichrous
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Black-lored TitMachlolophus xanthogenys
Yellow-cheeked TitMachlolophus spilonotus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Ashy-crowned Sparrow LarkEremopterix griseus
Oriental Sky LarkAlauda gulgula

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
Striated PriniaPrinia crinigera
Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
Jungle PriniaPrinia sylvatica
Ashy PriniaPrinia socialis
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pnoepygidae

Scaly-breasted Wren BabblerPnoepyga albiventer

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Nepal House MartinDelichon nipalense
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Ashy BulbulHemixos flavala
Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandii
Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus melanicterus
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Himalayan BulbulPycnonotus leucogenis
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Hume's Leaf WarblerAbrornis humei
Lemon-rumped WarblerAbrornis chloronotus
Buff-barred WarblerAbrornis pulcher
Ashy-throated WarblerAbrornis maculipennis
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Kashmir ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
Golden-spectacled Leaf WarblerSeicercus burkii
Greenish Leaf WarblerSeicercus trochiloides
Large-billed Leaf WarblerSeicercus magnirostris
Blyth's Leaf WarblerSeicercus reguloides
Western Crowned Leaf WarblerSeicercus occipitalis
Grey-hooded Leaf WarblerSeicercus xanthoschistos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae

Chestnut-crowned Bush WarblerCettia major
Grey-sided Bush WarblerCettia brunnifrons
Chestnut-headed TesiaCettia castaneocoronata
Black-faced WarblerAbroscopus schisticeps
Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
Aberrant Bush WarblerHorornis flavolivaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

Black-throated TitAegithalos concinnus
White-throated TitAegithalos niveogularis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
White-browed FulvettaFulvetta vinipectus
Black-throated ParrotbillSuthora nipalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Black-chinned YuhinaYuhina nigrimenta
Stripe-throated YuhinaYuhina gularis
Whiskered YuhinaYuhina flavicollis
Rufous-vented YuhinaYuhina occipitalis
Oriental White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae

White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
Streak-breasted Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus ruficollis
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar BabblerErythrogenys erythrogenys
Black-chinned BabblerCyanoderma pyrrhops

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Striated Laughing-thrushGrammatoptila striata
CutiaCutia nipalensis
Jungle BabblerTurdoides striata
White-crested Laughing-thrushGarrulax leucolophus
Rufous-chinned Laughing-thrushGarrulax rufogularis
White-throated Laughing-thrushGarrulax albogularis
Streaked Laughing-thrushTrochalopteron lineatum
Variegated Laughing-thrushTrochalopteron variegatum
Chestnut-crowned Laughing-thrushTrochalopteron erythrocephalum
Rufous SibiaHeterophasia capistrata
Silver-eared MesiaLeiothrix argentauris
Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
Blue-winged MinlaSiva cyanouroptera
Chestnut-tailed MinlaChrysominla strigula

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

GoldcrestRegulus regulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

Rusty-flanked TreecreeperCerthia nipalensis
Bar-tailed TreecreeperCerthia himalayana
Hodgson's TreecreeperCerthia hodgsoni

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

Chestnut-bellied NuthatchSitta castanea
White-tailed NuthatchSitta himalayensis
Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
WallcreeperTichodroma muraria

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Purple-backed StarlingAgropsar sturninus
Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianus
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
Spot-winged StarlingSaroglossa spilopterus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae

Brown DipperCinclus pallasii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Oriental Magpie RobinCopsychus saularis
Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica
Rusty-tailed FlycatcherMuscicapa ruficauda
Rufous-bellied NiltavaNiltava sundara
Small NiltavaNiltava macgrigoriae
Asian Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
Indian Blue RobinLarvivora brunnea
Little ForktailEnicurus scouleri
Slaty-backed ForktailEnicurus schistaceus
Spotted ForktailEnicurus maculatus
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
White-tailed RubythroatCalliope pectoralis
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliope
White-browed Bush RobinTarsiger indicus
Golden Bush RobinTarsiger chrysaeus
Himalayan BluetailTarsiger rufilatus
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Snowy-browed FlycatcherFicedula hyperythra
Rufous-gorgetted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata
Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
Slaty-blue FlycatcherFicedula tricolor
Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula sordida
Blue-fronted RedstartAdelura frontalis
Blue-capped RedstartAdelura coeruleocephala
Eversmann's RedstartAdelura erythronota
Plumbeous Water RedstartRhyacornis fuliginosa
White-capped Water RedstartChaimarrornis leucocephalus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Blue-capped Rock ThrushMonticola cinclorhyncha
Chestnut-bellied Rock ThrushMonticola rufiventris
Eastern StonechatSaxicola maurus
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Long-tailed ThrushZoothera dixoni
Plain-backed ThrushZoothera mollissima
Purple CochoaCochoa purpurea
Pied ThrushGeokichla wardii
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Grey-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboul
Indian BlackbirdTurdus simillimus
Tickell's ThrushTurdus unicolor
White-collared BlackbirdTurdus albocinctus
Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis

 

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